Cooling garment

The cooling garment addresses the bulge issue in conventional designs by using a flat bag housing and tube flow path, ensuring comfortable attachment and stable safety belt integration while maintaining effective cooling.

JP2025073795APending Publication Date: 2025-05-13YAMASHIN SEIKYO
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Application Number
JP2023184867
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
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Filing Date
2023-10-27
Publication Date
2025-05-13

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Technical Problem

Conventional cooling clothing with a stored plastic bottle creates a bulge on the back, interfering with attachment to walls or chairs and destabilizing harness-type safety belts for high-altitude work.

Method used

A garment design featuring a flat bag housing for the cooling body, integrated with a tube flow path and pump, allowing for a flat profile that prevents bulging and enables stable attachment to safety belts.

Benefits of technology

The design allows for comfortable attachment of the cooling clothing to surfaces and stable integration with high-altitude safety belts, while maintaining effective cooling through fluid circulation.

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Abstract

To provide a cooling garment that prevents bulging of the surface on the back side, enables taking an easy posture by placing the back against a wall or the backrest of a chair, and also allows a harness-type safety belt for high-place work to be worn stably.SOLUTION: A flat bag 35 holds, as a cold insulation body, a container 43 that contains freezable liquid (L). The container 43 is made from rigid plastic (for example, polyethylene (PE)), is molded in a thin-walled flat rectangular box-like shape, and is held in an orientation with a pair of main surfaces 43a, 43a having large surface area facing sideways. Preferably, the top left and right sides of the container 43 are raised higher than the center in a square box-like shape. When the liquid (L) is poured into the container, the top part remains filled with air, not the liquid (L), so that when the liquid (L) expands upon freezing, it is guided to the top part, and therefore, the container 43 does not bulge. Also preferably, a reinforcing portion 53 is provided. This reinforcing portion 53 makes the container 43 resistant to warping.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
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Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a cooling garment suitable for use in a work site or the like in a high-temperature environment. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art In order to reduce the burden on workers working in high-temperature environments such as summer, a cooling garment has been proposed as described in Patent Document 1. A frozen plastic bottle is stored in a storage section provided on the rear side of the main body of the cooling garment. A tube is laid on the inner surface of the main body of the garment in an exposed state, and both ends of the tube are connected to the storage section. By using the operation of a pump, water cooled by the plastic bottle in the storage section flows into the tube, circulates inside the tube along the inner surface of the main body of the garment, and then returns to the storage section to be cooled again, and the body of the person wearing the cooling garment is cooled by the water circulating inside the tube. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2023-11483 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2022-187111 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in conventional cooling garments, the outer surface of the back panel bulges out in a curved shape because the plastic bottle is stored in the storage section, which creates a problem that the curved bulge is formed on the back of the person wearing the cooling garment, which becomes an obstacle when the person leans their back against a wall or the back of a chair. Furthermore, if a curved bulge is formed on the outer surface of the back of the garment, when an attempt is made to put on a harness-type safety belt for working at heights, for example as described in Patent Document 2, while wearing the cooling garment, the belt and metal fittings of the safety belt will overlap the curved bulge, making the harness-type safety belt for working at heights unstable and raising safety concerns.

[0005] The present invention was made with attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a new and useful cooling garment which looks like normal clothing, does not feel strange even when the back of the garment is placed against a wall or the back of a chair, and can also be stably worn with a harness-type safety belt for working at height. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a cooling garment comprising a garment body, a pocket provided on a rear part of the garment body, a storage section provided in the pocket and storing a cold insulator in a freely insertable and removable manner, a flow path exposed on the inner surface of the garment body and connected at both ends to the storage section by tubes, and a pump attached to the tube, wherein, by operation of the pump, a cooling fluid that has flowed into the storage section from one end of the tube is cooled by the cold insulator and then returned to the other end of the tube to circulate through the flow path, the cooling garment is characterized in that the cold insulator is formed of a container in which a freezable liquid is sealed, the storage section is configured in a flat bag shape with an opening at the top, the cold insulator is formed of a flat, plate-like body similar to the storage section and is stored in the storage section in an upright position so as to be freely insertable and removable, and the opening of the storage section is closed by a closing means, thereby placing the storage section and the tube in a closed state in liquid-tight communication.

[0007] Preferably, the container of the cold storage body is made of rigid plastic and molded into a flat rectangular box shape with a pair of opposing main surfaces and four side surfaces, with a nozzle portion provided on the side surface which is at the top when the container is upright, and a vacant chamber portion which protrudes above the base end of the nozzle portion is further connected to the side surface, so that even if the liquid enclosed in the container expands due to freezing, the expansion is guided into the vacant chamber portion, preventing bulging due to warping of the main surfaces. Preferably, the empty chambers of the container are provided on both sides of the mouth portion. Preferably, a thread is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion, and further, an inner lid portion is provided which is fitted into the mouth, and a cover lid portion which is fitted over and screwed to the mouth portion and has a thread formed on its inner peripheral surface, so that the opening of the mouth portion is liquid-tightly closed by the inner lid portion and the cover lid portion.

[0008] Preferably, a pair of plate-shaped reinforcing parts extending in a direction perpendicular to a pair of main surfaces are provided inside the container of the cold storage body, spaced apart in the left-right direction with the plate surfaces facing left-right, and the left and right sides of the reinforcing parts are connected at the upper and lower sides of the vertical ends of the reinforcing parts, respectively. Preferably, the reinforcing portion is configured by connecting vertical ribs each having a groove shape recessed toward the inside of the container from each of the opposing main surface portions. Preferably, a groove portion recessed toward the inside of the container is provided between the left and right reinforcing portions of the container.

[0009] Preferably, the pocket is composed of a pocket body on the back body side, and a flap-shaped lid portion connected to the pocket body and closed by bringing the edges of the pocket body side together, and the pocket-shaped body is capable of storing a foldable, band-shaped cooling body in a folded state, which surrounds the storage section and is detachably attached to the shape-retaining section for the neck cooling device in the gap around it. Preferably, the flap-shaped lid portion is provided with an inner pocket capable of storing a strip-shaped cooling body or ice pack.

[0010] The cold insulator that is accommodated in the accommodation portion of the cooling garment of the present invention so as to be freely inserted and removed can be provided as a single unit. Effect of the Invention

[0011] When wearing the cooling garment of the present invention, a person can rest his / her back against a wall or the back of a chair without feeling uncomfortable, and can also stably wear a harness-type safety belt for working at heights. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a cooling vest according to a first embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the outside. [Diagram 2] 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a rear body portion of the cooling vest shown in FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a container to be accommodated in the flat bag of FIG. [Figure 4] 4A is a cross-sectional view of the container of FIG. 3 when liquid is sealed therein, FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 3A, and FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. [Diagram 5] 4A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 4B is a side view of the container in FIG. 3 during liquid freezing. [Figure 6] 2 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for placing a container in the flat bag body of FIG. 1. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the procedure following FIG. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the procedure following FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the procedure following FIG. [Figure 10] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cooling vest of FIG. 1 worn with a harness-type safety belt for working at heights attached thereto. [Figure 11] FIG. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the cooling body of FIG. 11 housed in a cooling vest. [Figure 13] FIG. 11 is an inner view of a cooling vest according to a second embodiment of the present invention with the front part opened and laid out flat. [Figure 14] FIG. 14 is an inside view of FIG. 13 with the cooling liner removed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] A cooling garment according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the cooling garment is a vest-type cooling vest 1, the garment body 3 of which is made of a synthetic fiber fabric such as nylon or polyester. The back body 5 and the left and right front body parts 7 and 9 are connected via the shoulders and are made of a breathable mesh fabric. The underarm areas between the left front body 7 and the back body 5, and the underarm areas between the right front body 9 and the back body 5 are each connected by a belt 11, and the left front body 7 and the right front body 9 are also connected by a similar belt.

[0014] The bag cloth portion 13a and the bag cloth portion 13b are overlapped from the outer side and sewn together with the back body 5 to form the cooling pocket 15. The bag cloth portion 13b is cut upward in an arc shape to form the flap-like lid portion 15b of the cooling pocket 15, and its base end side is connected to the remaining pocket body 15a. The flap-like lid portion 15b is opened and closed with the pocket body 15a by fasteners 17 provided on each edge. The bag cloth portion 13c is overlapped from the outer surface side and sewn together with the bag cloth portion 13b to form a pump pocket 19, which is opened and closed by a fastener 21 provided by cutting open the bag cloth portion 13c. A separate bag cloth portion 13d is sewn to the inner surface of the flap-shaped lid portion 15b to form an inner pocket 23 that opens upward.

[0015] Also, insertion-type guide parts 25, 25, ... are attached to the inner side of the garment body 3. The inner side and the cooling pocket 15 communicate via an insertion hole 27, and the pump pocket 19 communicates via insertion holes 29, 31. Also, the cooling pocket 15 has not only the above-mentioned flap-shaped lid part 15b, but also an opening at the top near the shoulder part of the garment body 3 to form a cable outlet.

[0016] The garment body 3 is constructed as described above, and incorporates a cooling fluid circulating mechanism that utilizes the tube 33 as a cooling portion. The tube 33 is made of plastic and is flexible, and is inserted in sequence through the insertion-type guide portions 25, 25, ... and wound in a meandering manner along the inner surface, with the inner surface being covered entirely by the tube 33, which is exposed. When the garment body 3 is worn, this meandering portion comes into contact with the wearer's outerwear.

[0017] Both ends of the tube 33 are passed through the insertion holes 27 and enter the cooling pocket 15. The cooling pocket 15 contains a vertically long rectangular flat bag 35 made of a flexible plastic material and open at the top, and the flat bag 35 constitutes the storage section. The flat bag body 35 is housed in a state in which one bag surface portion 35a is overlapped on the pocket main body 15a side.

[0018] As shown in FIG. 6, the bag mouth 35c of the flat bag body 35 is closed with a plastic closing member 37. A rod 37a is fixed parallel to the opening edge of the other bag surface portion 35b, and a piece with a hole 37b is connected to the rod 37a. On the other hand, a long and thin clip 37c is provided as a separate body. A groove 37d is formed in this clip 37c into which the rod 37a is fitted, and a piece with a hole 37e is also connected to the clip 37c. The length of the rod 37a is slightly larger than the width of the bag surfaces 35a and 35b, and both ends of the rod 37a protrude slightly outward in the left-right direction beyond the bag surfaces 35a and 35b.

[0019] When the rod 37a is passed through the groove 37d of the clip 37c, the groove 37d expands elastically, so that the rod 37a and the clip 37c come into elastic contact with each other. Therefore, when the bag mouth 35c is closed and the rod 37a is folded back in the direction of wrapping, and the bag surface parts 35a and 35b wrapping the rod 37a are passed through the groove 37d of the clip 37c, the bag surface parts 35a and 35b are pinched and tightly attached at the folded back parts, so that the bag mouth 35c is closed and the flat bag body 35 is in a closed state. The length dimension of the clip 37c is sized so that the groove 37d completely wraps the rod 37a. Therefore, the bag mouth 35c is completely closed. The flat bag body 35 is provided with a zipper 38, and when the flat bag body 35 is temporarily closed with the zipper 38, the bag surface portions 35a, 35b on the bag mouth 35c side are overlapped in advance, so that the opening edge constituting the bag mouth 35c is neatly aligned.

[0020] 2, one end of the tube 33 inserted into the cooling pocket 15 is connected at its upper part to the flat bag body 35. The other end of the tube 33 is further passed through the insertion hole 29 and drawn out to the pump pocket 19. Then, after the pump 39 is attached, the tube 33 is returned through the insertion hole 29 into the cooling pocket 15 and connected at its lower part to the flat bag body 35. A cable 39a of the pump 39 is passed through the insertion hole 31, enters the inside of the cooling pocket 15, and is pulled out from the cable outlet. The pulled cable 39a is detachably connected to a portable controller. The controller is stored in a pocket on the left front body. The pump 39 is started / stopped by manually operating an operation part on the controller.

[0021] The cold insulator is accommodated in the flat bag 35 so as to be freely inserted and removed. As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, this cold insulator is composed of a container 43 in which a freezable liquid (L) is enclosed, and its external shape is a flat, plate-like body similar to the flat bag 35. In this embodiment, the liquid (L) is water, which may be potable or non-potable. The container 43 is made of rigid plastic (in this embodiment, polyethylene (PE)), molded into a flat rectangular box shape with thin walls, and is stored in an upright position with a pair of large-area main surface portions 43a, 43a facing horizontally. The space between the main surface portions 43a is a side surface portion, and in the upright position, the side surface portion is made up of a lower surface portion 43b and side portions 43c, 43c on the left and right sides, forming an upper portion.

[0022] The upper part of the container 43 is raised upward from the center on both the left and right sides in a rectangular box shape. The raised parts simply extend flush upward and do not protrude in the front-to-back direction or outward to the left or right. The raised parts form an empty chamber 45. The opposing surfaces 45a, 45a of the empty chamber 45 are inclined surfaces that are inclined upward in directions away from each other. Since the empty chambers 45 are on both the left and right sides, the central upper surface 43d is positioned one step lower than the left and right sides. The upper surface 43d has a round opening on the center side, and a nozzle 47 rises along the edge of the opening. A thread 47a is formed on the outer periphery of the nozzle 47. The height of the nozzle portion 47 is approximately the same as that of the empty chamber portion 45 .

[0023] The container 43 is closed with a double lid. The inner lid portion 49 has a cylindrical body 49a, and the axial upper side of the inner lid portion 49 is closed with a disk 49b, which protrudes radially outward beyond the cylindrical body 49a. A cover 51 is also used as an outer lid. A thread 51a is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the side surface of the cover 51. When the cylinder 49a of the inner lid part 49 is pressed into the mouth part 47 of the container 43, the disk 49b rests on and presses against the upper edge of the mouth part 47. Furthermore, when the side part of the cover lid part 51 is fitted onto the side part of the mouth part 47 and screwed forward, the top surface of the cover lid part 51 rests on and presses against the disk 49b. The opposing surfaces 45a, 45a of the empty chambers 45, 45 are inclined surfaces, and the gap between the nozzle portion 47 and the inner lid portion 49 and the covering lid portion 51 is larger at the upper part, making it easier to bring the inner lid portion 49 and the covering lid portion 51 closer to the nozzle portion 47. By closing the lid as described above, the container 43 is sealed and the liquid (L) does not leak.

[0024] Inside the container 43, a reinforcing part 53 is provided that is a rectangular flat plate extending straight in a direction perpendicular to the main surface parts 43a and 43a. The plate surface of the reinforcing part 53 faces the left-right direction. A pair of opposing sides of the reinforcing part 53 are connected to the main surface parts 43a and 43a, respectively, and are integrated and partitioned in the left-right direction, but are open above the upper edge and below the lower edge, and inside the container 43, the upper and lower sides are connected in the left-right direction.

[0025] The reinforcing portion 53 is formed by connecting and integrating vertical ribs forming grooves recessed inwardly from the opposing main surface portions 43a, 43a at the center of the container 43. The outer surface corresponding to the inner side surface 53a of the groove-shaped portion forms the plate surface of the reinforcing portion 53, and the inner bottom surface 53b side of the groove-shaped portion extending from one main surface portion 43a is connected to the inner bottom surface 53b side of the groove-shaped portion extending from the other main surface portion 43a. The reinforcing portions 53, 53 are provided as a pair in the left-right direction and are located below the empty chamber portions 45, 45, respectively. Further, a shallowly recessed groove 55 is formed inwardly at the center in the left-right direction of the main surface portion 43a. The groove portion 55 extends in the up-down direction and has a vertically long rectangular shape.

[0026] When liquid (L) is put into container 43 with the lid closed, the liquid (L) freezes and expands, and at that time, the large-area main surface portion 43a is likely to warp and bulge outward, but the presence of reinforcing portions 53, 53 makes it difficult to warp, and bulging of main surface portion 45a is suppressed. In addition, recessed rib portion 55 also contributes to suppressing warping of main surface portion 43a. The amount of expansion due to freezing is guided to the empty chamber 45. When liquid (L) is put into the container 43, even if the maximum amount is put in, the empty chamber 45 becomes hollow and air (A) is in the empty chamber. Since air (A) is compressible, the amount of expansion caused by putting liquid (L) in and freezing it can enter. Therefore, even if liquid (L) is put into the container 43 and frozen to cause freezing and expansion, the container 43 does not deform and remains flat. Therefore, the back body 5 side of the garment body 3 does not expand from the time when it is first worn. Figure 4 shows the state before the liquid (L) freezes, and Figure 5 shows the state after the liquid (L) has frozen. In Figure 5, the empty chamber 45 is filled with the amount of expansion, and the air (A) is compressed and its volume is reduced.

[0027] When the cooling vest 1 is worn, the liquid (L) sealed in the container 43 is placed in a frozen state in the flat bag body 35 in an upright position as shown in Fig. 6. Water (W) as a cooling fluid is also placed in the flat bag body 35. Then, after first temporarily closing it with the zipper 38 as shown in Fig. 7, the flat bag body 35 is folded so that the rod 37a is hidden as shown in Fig. 8, and then the bag surface parts 35a and 35b enclosing the rod 37a are passed through the groove 37d of the clip 37c together with the bag surface parts 35a and 35b, and the bag opening 35c is closed as shown in Fig. 9.

[0028] By passing a loop made of hook-and-loop tape on the upper side of the cooling pocket 15 through a hole in a perforated piece 37e connected to the clip 37c that closes the flat bag body 35, the flat bag body 35 is stably provided within the cooling pocket 15, as shown in Figure 1. When the pump 39 is operated, the water (W) flowing into the flat bag body 35 from one end side of the tube 33 hits the container 43 in which the liquid (L) is sealed in a frozen state, is cooled, and then is returned to the other end side of the tube 33 to form a cooling fluid circulation path. Therefore, when the cooling vest 1 is worn, the body is cooled by the water (W) circulating inside the tubes 33.

[0029] A feature of this cooling vest 1 is that even when the liquid (L) freezes and expands, no curved bulges are formed on the outer surface of the back body 5, so immediately after putting it on, it looks like normal clothing and there is no discomfort even when the back is pressed against a wall or the back of a chair. Also, as shown in Figure 10, a harness-type safety belt (H) for working at heights can be worn stably.

[0030] Furthermore, in the pocket body 15a of the cooling pocket 15, a gap is formed around the flat bag body 35 housing the container 43, but this gap can be utilized. The neck cooler 57 shown in Fig. 11 is composed of a shape retaining part 59 formed by bending a strip-shaped material having bending elasticity into a C-shape, and a strip-shaped cooling body 61 that is detachably attached to and aligned with the inner surface of the bent part of the shape retaining part 59. The cooling body 61 is formed by overlapping two strip-shaped plastic films, sealing them together, and one of the films is uneven, and the convex part is raised into a square box shape to form a three-dimensional sealed space. A phase change material is enclosed in this sealed space. A plurality of these raised parts 61a are provided in the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped part with gaps 61b between them.

[0031] The phase change material is a so-called PCM (Phase Change Material) that absorbs heat and changes from a solid phase to a liquid phase, and contains, for example, paraffin or aliphatic hydrocarbons (or fatty saturated hydrocarbons). It is used as a cooling medium to cool the neck by absorbing heat from the neck as latent heat of fusion. The solidification temperature of the phase change material is adjusted to about 26°C so that it quickly returns from a molten state to a solidified state, for example in about 10 minutes, when placed in a cooler box or cooling bag.

[0032] Since the cooling body 61 can be folded at the gap 61b, it can be folded compactly after being separated from the shape retaining part 59. Therefore, if it is folded and stored in the gap around the flat bag body 35 as shown in Fig. 12, it will be cooled by contacting the flat bag body 35 side, and the cooling body 61 that has warmed and melted will be solidified again. The cooling body 61 may also be placed in the inner pocket 23. In this way, if multiple cooling bodies 61 are stored, the cooling bodies 61 attached to the shape retaining part 59 can be replaced one after another. It is also possible to put a cooling material in the inner pocket 23. By using this cooling material, it is possible to help cool the cooling body 61 and to slow down the progress of melting of the liquid (L) sealed in the container 43 from a frozen state.

[0033] A cooling vest 101 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The cooling vest 101 includes a clothing body 3, a cooling pocket 15, and a pump pocket 19 similar to the cooling vest 1 according to the first embodiment. However, the flow path is formed not by a tube 33, but by two overlapping synthetic resin sheets 103, 103. The two synthetic resin sheets 103, 103 are joined by linear heat sealing. Two sealing lines 105, 105 extend almost parallel to each other, and a long and narrow space is formed between the two sealing lines 105, 105. This space serves as a flow path 107. This flow path 107 extends in a meandering, one-stroke pattern.

[0034] The two overlapped synthetic resin sheets 103, 103 form a cooling lining 109, which is overlapped on the inner side of the garment body 3 as the outer fabric and attached with snap buttons 111. A tube connection part is integrally formed on each of both ends 107a, 107a of the flow path 107 on the side facing the outer fabric. One end of a tube is connected to one of the tube connection parts, and the other end of this tube passes through the insertion hole 113 and enters the cooling pocket 15. The same is true for the tube connected to the other tube connection part. In this way, these tubes are connected to the flat bag body 35 in the same way as the tube 33 used in the cooling vest 1.

[0035] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the invention also includes design changes within the scope of the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the way the tube 33 is laid and the density thereof, and the way the flow passage 107 extends in a single stroke may be optimally adopted depending on the size of the body of the garment main body 3, etc. Also, the closing means is not limited to the closure 37 as long as it can achieve the expected closing function. [Explanation of symbols]

[0036] 1...Cooling vest 3...Clothing body 5... Back body 7... Left front body 9…Right front body 11…Belt 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d...bag cloth part 15…Cooling pocket 15a…Pocket body 15b... flap-shaped lid portion 17... fastener 19…Pump pocket 21…Zipper 23…Inner pocket 25…Through-type guide section 27, 29, 31...Through holes 33...Tube 35...Flat bag body 35a, 35b...Bag side part 35c…Bag opening 37…Closing tool 37a... Stick 37b... Piece with hole 37c…Clip 37d…Groove 37e…Hole piece 38…Zipper 39...Pump 39a...Cable 43...Container 43a...Main surface part 43b...Bottom part 43c...Side part 43d: Top section 45: Vacant section 45a...Opposing surface part 47...Mouth part 47a...Screw 49...Inner cover 49a...Cylinder 49b...Disk 51... Covering portion 51a... Screw 53... Reinforcement portion 53a... Inner surface 53b…Inner bottom surface 55…Concave portion 57…Neck cooling device 59...Shape retention part 61...Cooling body 61a: Raised portion 61b: Gap 101...Cooling vest 103...Synthetic resin sheet 105...seal line 107...flow path 107a... (flow path) end 109... cooling lining 111...Snap button 113...Through hole L…Freezable liquid W…Water A: Air H: Harness type safety belt

Claims

1. The garment body, A cooling garment comprising a pocket provided on a rear part of the garment body, a storage section provided in the pocket and storing a cold insulator in a freely insertable and removable manner, a flow path exposed on the inner surface of the garment body and connected at both ends to the storage section by a tube, and a pump attached to the tube, wherein a cooling fluid circulating path is configured in which, by operation of the pump, a cooling fluid flowing into the storage section from one end of the tube is cooled by the cold insulator and then returned to the other end of the tube, and circulates through the flow path, The cold storage body is constituted by a container in which a freezable liquid is sealed, The storage section is configured in a flat bag shape with an opening at the top, the cold storage body is configured as a flat, plate-like body similar to the storage section and is stored in the storage section in an upright position so that it can be freely inserted and removed, and when the opening of the storage section is closed by a closing means, the storage section and the tube are in a closed state in which they are liquid-tightly connected.

2. The cooling garment according to claim 1, The container of the cold storage body is made of rigid plastic and is molded into a flat rectangular box shape with a pair of opposing main surfaces and four side surfaces. A nozzle portion is provided on the side surface which is at the top when the user is in a standing position, and a vacant chamber portion is further provided on the side surface which is raised above the base end of the nozzle portion, A cooling garment characterized in that even if the liquid sealed in the container freezes and expands, the expansion is guided to the empty chamber, thereby preventing bulging due to warping of the main surface portion.

3. The cooling garment according to claim 2, A cooling garment characterized in that the empty chambers of the container are provided on both sides of the nozzle.

4. The cooling garment according to claim 3, This cooling garment is characterized in that it has a thread formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion, and further comprises an inner lid portion that is fitted into the mouth, and a cover lid portion that has a thread formed on its inner peripheral surface to be fitted over and screwed into the mouth portion, and the opening of the mouth portion is liquid-tightly closed by the inner lid portion and the cover lid portion.

5. The cooling garment according to any one of claims 2 to 4, A cooling garment characterized in that a pair of plate-shaped reinforcing parts extending in a direction perpendicular to a pair of main surfaces are provided inside the container of the cold storage body, spaced apart in the left-right direction with the plate surfaces facing left-right, and the left and right sides of the reinforcing parts are connected at the upper and lower sides of the vertical ends of the reinforcing parts.

6. 6. The cooling garment according to claim 5, The cooling garment is characterized in that the reinforcing portion is formed by connecting vertical ribs each having a groove shape recessed toward the inside of the container from each of the opposing main surface portions.

7. 7. The cooling garment according to claim 6, A cooling garment characterized in that a groove portion recessed toward the inside of the container is provided between the left and right reinforcing portions of the container.

8. The cooling garment according to claim 1, The cooling garment is characterized in that the pocket is composed of a pocket body on the back body side and a flap-shaped lid portion connected to the pocket body and closed by joining the edges of the pocket body side, and the pocket-shaped body surrounds the storage portion and a foldable belt-shaped cooling body can be stored in a folded state in the gap around it, which is freely attached and detached to the shape-retaining portion for the neck cooling device.

9. The cooling garment according to claim 1, The cooling garment is characterized in that the flap-shaped lid portion is provided with an inner pocket in which a strip-shaped cooling body or ice pack can be stored.

10. 2. A cooling body accommodated in the accommodation portion of the cooling garment according to claim 1 so as to be freely inserted and removed.

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